GOP leader: Ohio right-to-work bills lack support

1:04 AM,
May 2, 2013

Written by

Julie Carr Smyth
Statehouse Correspondent

COLUMBUS - Two bills intended to strip Ohio unions of the ability to compel membership or to automatically collect fees from members to cover bargaining costs appeared dead on arrival at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday after a key legislative leader announced a lack of support for the measures among majority Republicans.

Senate President Keith Faber issued an after-hours statement indicating he didn't believe the right-to-work proposals of state Reps. Kristina Roegner and Ron Maag had either the support or the interest within his caucus to move forward.